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THIS ISSUE POSTED JANUARY 25, 2000
CURRENTS VOLUME 17, ISSUE 10
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CAMPUS EVENTS

UMD LIBRARY DISPLAY
The display of material from the Ramseyer-Northern Bible Society Museum Collection housed at the UMD Library will be of translations into English of the story of the Good Samaritan.
The expression "A good Samaritan" has become part of the English language and is used often by a person who could not tell you exactly where it comes from or relate the complete parable. While the original Greek is simple in the telling, translators of the Greek into English have looked at it from a number of points of view, ranging from an attempt to be firmly faithful to the original to creating a version which tells a story with a punch. One actually transfers the locale of the story from Jerusalem to Georgia.
The display for the first months of 2000 shows fifteen of these translations, ranging from the first attempts in Anglo-Saxon of the 8th century to the colloquial and the creole of the 1990s. The display may be seen on the third floor of the UMD Library at any time during regular Library hours. For further information, call the Library Office at 726 8102, or visit the Ramseyer-Northern Bible Society Museum Collection website at http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/bible.
This will be the last display in the present Library building. Watch for the displays in the improved facilities of the new building.

TWEED MUSEUM NEWS
The Tweed Museum of Art is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition featuring a variety of original prints created at two university affiliated print studios "Works on Paper Series, Part II: Prints from the Center for Innovative Print and Paper at Ruttgers University and Normal Editions Workshop at Illinois State University." The exhibition opens Tuesday, January 18 and runs through April 2. In conjunction with this exhibition the Tweed will be featuring the following events:
At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25, there will be an Artist Lecture Series featuring Lynne Allen.
At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 16, there will be an Artist Lecture Series featuring visual artist Glenna Shrimpton.
All lectures will be held in the Tweed Lecture Gallery and are free and open to the public. For more information on any of the events listed, call Mary at 726-7823.

WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN LEARNING STYLE
An Instructional Development Service presentation with IDS Director Linda Hilsen will be offered at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1 in Kirby Ballroom A. The presentation will discuss how learning styles directly affect teaching. People have a tendency to teach how they learn most easily. Take the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, analyze the results and discuss how learning style (information processing preference) impacts teaching style.
You will be able to use the Kolb framework as a guide to give all students a chance to shine. The group will also use the framework to design a course session.
Materials and munchables are part of the session. All faculty, staff, administrators and graduate students are invited to attend. Sign up now to reserve a spot.
Call Sheri Pihlaja at 726-6975 to sign up or e-mail Sheri at pihlaja@d.umn.edu.

OUTDOOR PROGRAM NEWS
A Storytelling Workshop will be held from 6 - 9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 1. Listen to several different types of stories and learn pointers on how to write and tell your own. Beginners are welcome. Meet in the Sports and Health Center Room 119.
A B.W.C.A.W. Winter Weekend will be held from Friday, February 4 to Sunday, February 6. Ski and snowshoe into the heart of the Boundary Waters. Observe wildlife, tracks, and constellations while you laugh and learn with experienced leaders.
An Advanced Storytelling Workshop will be held from 6 - 9 p.m. on Tuesday, February 15. Share stories you have written or stories you love by other authors. Practice techniques designed to enhance story telling and learn how to make easy props and costumes that will delight audiences. Meet in the Sports and Health Center Room 119.
A Project WILD Workshop will be held from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 5. The workshop will help participants learn how to use and understand the WILD Curriculum and Activity Guide. Lessons are hands-on, easy to use, and fun! This is one of the most useful resources for incorporating environmental, wildlife related topics into lessons and programs. Meet in Sports and Health Center Room 119.
Preregister for all Outdoor Program events by calling 726-6533.

PROFESSIONAL STAFF FORUM
The Professional Staff Winter Forum will be held on Tuesday, February 1 at 3 p.m. in the Griggs Center. Representatives to the university-wide civil service committee, academic support advisory council, and UMD campus assembly standing committees will give brief presentations about the issues being addressed by these committees and how those issues relate to you and me. This is your opportunity to ask questions about issues you would like to see addressed. Refreshments will be served.

CAMPUS ASSEMBLY
MEETING
The winter Campus Assembly meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 8 in the Bullpub. Refreshments are served at 1:30 p.m. Agendas will be mailed to assembly members before the meeting and copies will be on file in the Library. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend. Call Peggy O'Bey at 726-7507 with questions.

HEAD OF THE LAKES JOB FAIR
The Head of the Lakes Job Fair will take place from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9 and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 10 in Kirby Ballroom
Admission is one copy of your resume. For list of employers attending go to Upcoming Events Job Fairs at: http://careers.d.umn.edu.

UNIVERSITY FOR SENIORS LECTURES
University for Seniors offer free lectures for those who would like to attend. The 45-minute lectures are held Wednesday afternoons.
"Buddhism: Plain and Simple" will be held at 1:15 p.m. on February 16 in the Bullpub. Steve Hagen is a Buddhist monk, ordained in 1979. He received dharma transmission in 1989, which gives him authority to teach. The title of his talk comes from his book.
"Russia: Prospects and Dilemmas" will be held at 1:15 p.m. on February 23 in the Rafters. Alexis Pogorelskin, associate professor and head of the Department of History, will bring us up to date on the volatile situation in Russia where economic catastrophe and erratic leadership could spell disaster. A Russian historian and scholar, she has made many trips to Russia. She will assess Russia's prospects for the future.

SAFETY AWARENESS
The Third Annual UMD Safety Awareness Fair will be held in the Kirby Student Center Ballrooms A and B on February 16. Programs planned range from chemical safety, ladder safety, back safety to workers compensation procedures for both supervisors and employees. Neck and shoulder chair massages, plus a demonstration site for keyboards and office chairs and booths on various safety issues will also be available.

THE KONA JOURNEY
University College Duluth is sponsoring a trip to Hawaii during spring
break 2000. The Kona Journey is an eight-day trip of personal discovery, optimum health and adventure. Participants will actualize a new and higher level of health, refocus their goals and life plan and participate in activities related to nutrition, stress management, inner power, fitness, wellness and personal growth.
For further information or to receive a brochure, contact Pauline Nuhring in University College at 726-6361 or email pnuhring@d.umn.edu
or instructor Rod Raymond at 726-8111 or email rraymond@d.umn.edu.

CAMPUS NEWS
FACULTY AND STAFF
CAMPAIGN
The faculty and staff campaign began in December and runs through January 31. All gifts of any kind from faculty and staff are counted in this campaign.
Last year faculty and staff contributed a total of $130,000. The Faculty and Staff Campaign Committee has set a goal
of increasing by ten percent over last year. For an example of the talented students you are helping, look for Tonya and
Eddie on the campaign poster. To make a gift, or for more information, please call Maria at 726-6994.
UMD Faculty and Staff have already contributed a total of $103,000 from the 254 faculty and staff members who have given gifts and pledges to scholarships, departments, lecture series, and various funds.
If you haven't made a gift or pledge, please consider a contribution to benefit UMD students. Each and every gift makes a difference!
For another yellow pledge card or for information about scholarships or funds, please call Maria at 726-6994.

TWEED VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
The Tweed Museum of Art is recruiting volunteers to work in the Tweed Museum Store. Volunteers work 2 1/2 hours per week in exchange for store discounts, free Tweed Museum Membership and opportunity to learn about local arts and artists and the satisfaction of supporting the arts.
Interested individuals should contact Dorothy Foley at 726-8750.

UMD HEALTH SERVICES
ACCREDITATION
UMD Health Services has been awarded a three-year certificate of accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC). The award means that UMD Health Services has met nationally recognized standards for quality health care set by the Chicago-based accrediting organization.
In order to achieve accreditation, Health Services underwent an extensive on-site survey of its facilities and services. UMD Health Services provides medical services, counseling, and health education all directed to the specific needs of today's busy college student. Health Services is available on campus to all UMD students during convenient hours.

CURRENTS SCHEDULE
Currents is printed regularly throughout the school year. The remaining Spring 2000 schedule is:
Deadline: Wednesday, February 2;
Print date: Tuesday, February 8
Deadline: Wednesday, February 16;
Print date: Tuesday, February 22
Deadline: Wednesday, March 1;
Print date: Tuesday, March 7
Deadline: Wednesday, March 15;
Print date: Tuesday, March 21
Deadline: Wednesday, April 5;
Print date: Tuesday, April 11
Deadline: Wednesday, April 19;
Print date: Tuesday, April 25
Deadline: Wednesday, December 15;
Print date: Tuesday, May 9
Submit items to Currents via e-mail at currents@d.umn.edu. Communication student Teresa Thompson helped edit this issue of Currents. Questions? Contact Cheryl Reitan at 726-8996. Currents can be viewed at www.d.umn.edu/currents.

NEW LIFE FITNESS PASSES
This semester Life Fitness is offering three new options. Option one is a seven-week pass offered January 24 - March 10 or March 13- May 5 for students/ faculty pass holders at $35 or all others at $45 dollars. Option two is a Full Semester Pass offered January 24 - May 5 for students/faculty pass holders at $55 and all others at $75 dollars. Option three is the 10 Class Pass. Attend any 10 classes for $30 dollars. This semester the Life Fitness is offering four new classes. Kardio Incorporating Kick (KIK) and a Fun Class are the new beginner level classes. Cardio Pump and Cardio Sport are the new advanced classes. In addition we are offering the Master Swim and Spin Classes included with the pass this year.

TECHFEST CALL FOR
PROPOSALS
The TechFest 2000 committee seeks proposals for booth demonstrations to be presented at the upcoming TechFest scheduled for March 10. This annual event is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the myriad of ways technology is being used on our campus to enhance or change the way we learn, teach and share information.
All students, staff and faculty are eligible and are strongly encouraged to participate. The deadline for proposals is February 9.
For information on submitting a proposal or other questions about TechFest 2000, contact Linda Blustin at 726-6111 or lblustin@d.umn.edu.

MED SCHOOL NEWS
The Med School has recently given out several grants and awards. Along with this, the Med School is also sponsoring research visits.
Grants: Two students working in the laboratory of Annette Boman, assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, have received funding from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of the University of Minnesota (UROP). Shelly (Kaminski) Rensink, a UMD Senior majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from St. Francis, MN was awarded $1700 for her project entitled "Identification of Arf-binding in yeast CABs." Paul D. Salo, a UMD Junior in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from Biwabik, MN was awarded $1700 for his project entitled "Characterization of a Novel Mutation in hCAB1."
Ian Ndabari, a UMD Senior in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from Kenya, also received funding from UROP. Working in the laboratory of Paul M. Anderson, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ian was awarded $1700 for his project entitled "Identification of Active Site Residues in Cyanase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis."
Awards: Shaoyu Zhou and Chris Larsen, Ph.D. students in the Toxicology graduate program have each been selected to receive a Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology (SOT), in March in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With 5,000 members, SOT is the world's largest professional organization devoted to the study and regulation of potential adverse effects of toxic chemicals on human health. Mr. Zhou's major advisor is Dr. Kendall B. Wallace, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Larsen's major advisor is Jean F. Regal, professor, Department of Pharmacology.
Research Visits: Dr. Michel Guilloton, on sabbatical leave from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Limoges, France, will join the faculty at the School of Medicine-Duluth as a visiting professor for six months
beginning February 1. The purpose of his visit is to pursue ongoing
collaborative research with Paul M. Anderson, professor, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

UM SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
Faculty, academic professional staff, and students are needed to fill 2000-01 vacancies on Senate and Assembly committees. Submit an application and/or nomination(s) by March 1 to the University Senate Office, 427 Morrill Hall, 100 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; phone: (612) 625-9369; fax: (612)
626-1609; e-mail: senate@mailbox. mail.umn.edu. For a complete listing of the committees and/or an application or nomination form, contact the Senate Office or visit the University Senate/TC Assembly Committees' web site at http://www1. umn.edu/usenate/ conc/commdescription.html.

HOLIDAY SPIRIT
Auxiliary Services sponsored five families this season with its annual Holiday Projects activity. Young families were identified through Lutheran Social Services and provided with food for a Thanksgiving meal and gifts for Christmas. Presents were purchased and wrapped and delivered by department volunteers. The director extends his gratitude and appreciation to all project participants for their generous contributions to this worthwhile and heartwarming endeavor.

GLENSHEEN GRANT
The Minnesota Historical Society has awarded a state grant of $42,500 to
Glensheen Historic Estate. The matching grant will be used for ceiling
restoration and electrical upgrades.
The grant was approved at the end of 1999 by the Society's governing board and was awarded through the County and Local Preservation Capital Grants Program. The Minnesota Historical Society has a number of programs which grant monies toward preserving and restoring historic properties throughout the state.
Individuals or businesses interested in making a matching contribution toward this grant can receive further information by contacting Glensheen at 726-8910.

NEWS FROM THE UMD STORES
CAMPUS BOOK EVENTS:
The last day to return Spring Semester textbooks with receipt only is
Monday, January 31. Everyday 'Cash for Books Buyback' will begin on Monday, February 7.
On Wednesday, January 26 there will be a 20% off General Book Sale in
Campus Books. Some exclusions apply.
Free Valentine Photos will be taken from 10 a.m. - noon on Wednesday, February 2. There will be a Color Film Reprint Special from Monday, February 7 through Friday, February 11. Some film is not included.
MARKETPLACE EVENTS:
Buy 9 cards at regular price, and get the 10th card free from January 10 through the end of the school year, Ask for your punch card in the Marketplace.
From Monday, February 7 through Friday, February 11, get 20% off all
Valentine Cards
From Wednesday, February 9 through Monday, February 14, get 20% off all Valentine Candy.
COMPUTER CORNER EVENTS:
There will be a Calculator Special from Thursday, January 27 through
Friday, February 4.

FACULTY AND
STAFF NEWS
Paul M. Anderson, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has been invited by the National University of Singapore (NUS) to visit the Department of
Biological Sciences for two months as a Senior Visiting Scientist. Anderson will be collaborating with Dr. Alex Ip at NUS on investigations of the mechanisms by which certain amphibious fish detoxify metabolic ammonia when they spend extended periods of time out of water.
Anderson, along with Timothy E. Lindley, Cary L. Scheiderer, P.J. Walsh, C.M. Wood, H.L. Bergman, A.L. Bergman, P. Laurent and P. Wilson recently published a research article entitled "Muscle as a Primary Site of Urea Cycle Enzyme Activity in an Alkaline Lake-Adapted Tilapia, Oreochromis alcalicus grahami" in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 274, pages 29858-29861 (1999).
Timothy E. Lindley, who is currently a second year student in the M.D./Ph.D.
program at the University of Iowa, Iowa City and Cary L. Scheiderer who is currently a first year Ph.D. student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham were undergraduate students who participated in the research project in Anderson's laboratory in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology lab at the School of Medicine-Duluth.

Linda Belote, professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, was published in the December 1999- January 2000 issue of the Welch newspaper, The Chronicle, a newspaper for the tanat cain and vyrnwy valleys, while she was teaching in England.

Gloria DeFilipps Brush, professor and head, Department of Art, has had work in touring exhibitions at the following sites: Sausalito Art Festival last September; Santa Monica College Art Gallery last November and will have work at the National gallery of the Cayman Islands in January and the Cumenhag Fine Arts, Grantham, Pennsylvania in February and March. Her work is also in the exhibition GROUND ZERO at the CEPA Gallery in Buffalo, New York, from January 28 - March 17.
Brush also has forty photographs in a two-person exhibition opening on January 18 and running through February 6 in the Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. Her work is also in the Botanica exhibition in
the University Gallery at Illinois State University, January 10-February 20.

Leif Brush, professor, Department of Art, has a soundwork in the TRACE double CD, distributed as part of the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art (September 24-November 7, 1999), Liverpool, U.K., hosted by such sponsors as the Centre for Art International Research, Liverpool John Moores University and Tate Gallery Liverpool. The CD is a collection of the work of artists working in sound internationally.

James H. Fetzer, McKnight professor, Department of Philosophy, has been invited by Vladimir Fomichov of Moscow State University to serve as a member of an international program committee for the Seventh Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas. During the conference, which will be held in Bergen, Norway in August, he will present a paper entitled, "Virtual Universities: The Very Idea", which explores the potential impact of the electronic media on the future of education.

Jim Klueg, professor, Department of Art, currently has two vases included in "Prevailing Winds: Current Trends in Contemporary Ceramics" at Young & Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, Vermont. Exhibition juror was Beth Ann Gerstein, Executive Director of The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston.

Ron Marchese, professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, recently was featured in the Visiting Scholar program at Western Michigan University where he presented and participated in a series of lectures and panel discussions for the symposium Turkey 2000. Professor Marchese also received a Summer Research appointment to conduct archaeological excavations on the acropolis mound of the ancient city of Plataea in Greece this summer in conjunction with Dr. Andreas Konceny of the Austrian Institute of Classical Archaeology. The second year excavations is also supported by the European Union with participants from Germany, Austria, Greece, and England.

Donald E. Maypole has returned from his visiting professor positions at the School of Social Development in Riga, Latvia in June and at the Department of Social Work at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania during fall semester. In both schools he taught graduate and
undergraduate courses in substance abuse: theory, treatment and prevention and in social agency management. Alcoholism continues at its previous rate under the communist regime and the "other drug" problem is on the threshold of exploding in these countries. Maypole provided the first non-medical university alcohol and drug education in both nations.

Frank Parker and Kathryn Riley, Department of Composition and Linguistics Program, recently published the third edition of Linguistics for Non-Linguists: A Primer with Exercises, (Boston: Allyn and Bacon).

Joseph R. Prohaska, professor, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology and Bruce Brokate, Junior Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology recently published a research article entitled "Copper Deficiency Alters Rat Dopamine beta-Monooxygenase mRNA and Activity" in the Journal of Nutrition 129, 2147-2153 (1999).

Jiann-Shiou Yang, associate professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has published a journal article entitled "A Discrete Fourier Transform Approach to a Constrained Mixed H-2 Sensitivity Optimization with Applications" in the January issue of IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. In October 1999, he published a paper entitled "Robust Control of a VISTA F-16 Using a Discrete Fourier Transform Approach" in the Proceedings of The 1999 IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, and in December 1999, he published another paper entitled "Mixed H-2 Compensator Design for an Aircraft Control Problem" in the Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Recently, he has a book chapter with William Levine appeared in the book Control System Fundamentals published by the CRC Press. In addition, he has also been invited to serve on the International Program Committee for the upcoming 2000 IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS - January 25 - March 4
Tuesday, January 25
Artist Lecture Series: Lynne Allen, 6:30 p.m., Tweed.

Friday, January 28
Women's Basketball vs Minnesota Crookston, 5:30 p.m., Romano Gym.
Men's Hockey vs St. Cloud State, 7 p.m., DECC.
Men's Basketball vs Minnesota Crookston, 7:30 p.m., Romano Gym.

Saturday, January 29
Men's Hockey vs St. Cloud State, 7 p.m., DECC.
Women's Basketball vs Moorhead State, 1 p.m., Romano Gym.
Men's Basketball vs Moorhead State, 5:30 p.m., Romano Gym.

Tuesday, February 1
IDS Learning Styles, 2 p.m., Ballroom A.
ProFessional StaF Winter Forum, 3 p.m., Griggs Center.
Storytelling Workshop, 6 - 9 p.m., Sports and Health Center Room 119.

Thursday, February 3
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Friday, February 4
Men's Hockey vs Minnesota, 7 p.m., DECC.
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Friday, February 4 to Sunday, February 6.
B.W.C.A.W. Winter Weekend.

Saturday, February 5
Project WILD Workshop, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sports and Health Center Room 119.
Women's Basketball vs Bemidji State, 1 p.m., Romano Gym.
Men's Basketball vs Bemidji State, 3 p.m., Romano Gym.
Men's Hockey vs Minnesota, 7 p.m., DECC.
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Sunday, February 6
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Tuesday, February 8
Campus Assembly Meeting, 2 p.m., Bullpub.

Wednesday, February 9
Head o the Lakes Job Fair, 2 p.m., Ballroom.
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Thursday, February 10
Head o the Lakes Job Fair, 10 a.m., Ballroom.
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Friday, February 11
Women's Hockey vs Minnesota, 7 p.m., DECC.
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Saturday, February 12
Women's Hockey vs Minnesota, 7 p.m., DECC.
Theatre, "Man o the Moment," 8 p.m., MPAC.

Tuesday, February 15
Advanced Storytelling Workshop, 6 - 9 p.m., Sports and Health Center Room 119.

Wednesday, February 16
Artist Lecture Series: Glenna Shrimpton, papermaker and printmaker, 10 a.m., Tweed.
University For Seniors Lecture: "Buddhism: Plain and Simple," 1:15 p.m., Bullpub.
SaFety Awareness Fair, Ballrooms A and B.

Friday, February 18
Women's Basketball vs Winona State, 5:30 p.m., Romano Gym.
Men's Basketball vs Winona State, 7:30 p.m., Romano Gym.

Saturday, February 19
Women's Basketball vs Concordia University, 5:30 p.m., Romano Gym.
Men's Basketball vs Concordia University, 7:30 p.m., Romano Gym.

Wednesday, February 23
University For Seniors Lecture: "Buddhism: Plain and Simple," 1:15 p.m., Bullpub.

Friday, February 25
Men's Hockey vs Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m., DECC.

Saturday, February 26
Men's Hockey vs Alaska Anchorage, 7 p.m., DECC.

Friday, March 3
Men's Hockey vs Minnesota State-Mankato, 7 p.m., DECC.

Saturday, March 4
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